I’ve sent my details to prove that I’m not Danny, I am sorry I did not know who or about Danny until you all brought him to my attention, I do know now who he is and some of you may be right about him. I’m no fly boy though I’ve walked the cluster mile plenty... read on and you will see. I must say that It saddens me that most of you have to be so negative, I really do understand that, I too was like that, arrogant and even losing my temper at times until my jugular vein swelled and the vein on my forehead protruded trough my skin. Perhaps having a bad attitude is a cluster headache syndrome and in this case is a inhibiting symptom, but otherwise you have to be strong and hard to cope with CH. I had the anger too, for me a time was when I was in a cycle.. (I will never refer to it as my-headache) I acted like any pacing caged wild animal, ready and willing to bash, snap and bite at anything in the hope it might lead to an escape. And that was when I wasn’t having an attack. I suppose my reasoning for my anger was that; if I had to live with this CH shadow over my head and have no choice but to let the pain come and have its way with me and steal my freedom. I felt I had a self acclaimed right to scrutinise, control all things new and old as well as approach people without compassion (compassion: that’s a word you all haven’t heard in a while) you have reminded me of the old me. But that was restricting me, It was killing me from the inside out and never stopped there, it just carried on infiltrating itself into all aspects of my life. I turn people down if I knew an attack was imminent, they felt bad, because if you tell them about your private CH life, then... so I just keept quiet.
However I was willing to learn about and really get to know my enemy and to commit to beating this beast even at its own game if I had to, whatever that was, and even if I had to change to do it.
Looking back I remember getting angry with a very religious friend of mine for something he said after he witnessed me being attacked by the CH demon once while we were out on bike riding, he literally thought I was being possessed by the devil and that at first pissed me off, but I only realized what he saw a few weeks later when I watched a youtube for video for myself of someone having an cluster attack. I looks like a scene in a horror movie complete with all the swearing, grunting, shaking and hitting. It still takes an emotional toll when is see a video, even now. Even more so when I see it through my son’s eyes.
Ridding myself of these CH’s was the only option I saw, I couldn’t carry on living with this CH black cloud hovering above my head, and that’s why I have to help others like me who are actually the very same people reading this, AKA you, us living with this disease every day.  Except this site is run by a select few that cant/won’t accept that an arterial ligation may just be the cure and that the end of CH shadow over all of your heads could be gone, as it was THE END to my “type” of cluster attacks. At least looking forward to the way considering the way ch.com is run... misery likes company.
@ the commentators: It’s come to my reasoning that you all will never find the CURE because you all not open for it and you won’t accept anything outside your tight loop perception, THE CURE is going to be something NEW because that what happens when a new cure to any disease is found, its generally going to be nothing you all have never tried nor seen before. But trust me with the crushed ice though, humour me just one attack, when you all have your next attack, do it as fast as you can and before your temperature rises, as your mood changes, coz Ice is not as effective once your temperature has risen, aim for brain freeze, eat ice cream (I screamed for Ice cream), place the crushed ice as far back into your upper jaw cavity. When that works then you all will realize that the ice is cooling down your mouth and constricting your artery. You can also put a hot water bottle on your face, head and neck, because heat lowers the viscosity of our blood and helps the blood move away from the affected area easier and faster. I’m selling nothing I Just owe Dr. Shevel a debt of gratitude, so I called him today, with some of your concerns and he asked me to give you all his personal email address and you may request the details of the cluster patients that he has helped DrShevel@headclin.co.za he said I shouldn’t help people that don’t want help, asked me not to bother with the people that give trouble I must “just help where I can and with the ones who want help, because that’s all we can do even in life anyway”.  And help is really all I set out to initially do.
@kevin m still treading the same old ground rules hey
@ ch Kieth I been to this site before years ago but it told me nothing I did not Know, so I moved on... now I’m here again,  (maybe also briefly, that’s if I still get the arrogant input from people who are not even facing CH on a day to day basis) I came back to see that you all still in the same place so I thought I’d help... but sad sack of S  t for me.
@ch Kieth more worried at what the older members repeat then stick with what the old timers say... even if they keep saying the same thing over and over and block any new input that they have NOT come up with, I wasn’t looking for a web site that only gave comfort ...I wanted results, end of chat.
@Newbie and newbie Be careful you don’t get sucked into a web doctrine type pattern of thought!
@charlotte Thats because you don’t have all the facts...yet.
@ Mike NZ the answers to your question I will NOT answer in ANY detail, the bottom line to your silly question, (that was made to look complicated) is that; if one part of the trigeminal nerve is irritated the entire nerve gets inflamed, irritated  and reacts, (like CH.com per say) In other words it’s EXACTLY like if I prick you with a blunt pin in your toe,... your body and eyes will be the first to react first by sight then later by tears, your ENTIRE body will jump up and your mood will change in a slit second, your heart beat will increase,  your breathing becomes defined, your eyes will cry... as you look for the Injection or the oxygen or the ICE!